Molly Ayer, a teenager close to aging out of the foster care system, is given one last chance to avoid trouble by completing a community service project helping a 91-year-old woman named Vivian Daly clean out her home. What seems like a simple task soon becomes something far more meaningful as Molly begins to uncover traces of Vivian’s hidden past.
As the two women grow closer, Vivian reveals her extraordinary life story as an orphaned Irish immigrant sent west on one of America’s “Orphan Trains,” where children’s futures were shaped by chance and circumstance. As Molly learns more, she discovers unexpected connections to her own life and helps Vivian confront long-buried secrets.